TY - JOUR
T1 - Forecasting investment needs in South Africa's electricity and telecom sectors
AU - Bogetić, Zeljko
AU - Fedderke, Johannes W.
PY - 2006/9
Y1 - 2006/9
N2 - The paper uses 52-country panel-data for the period 1980-2002 to estimate demand for electricity and telecom services and, based on these estimates, project investment needs in South Africa through 2010 for two growth scenarios. Projections of average annual investment needs in electricity and telecom for the current growth scenario (3.6% per annum) are of the order of 0.2% and 0.75% of GDP, respectively. An alternative, accelerated growth scenario (6% per annum) implies an approximate doubling of investment needs in these sectors.
AB - The paper uses 52-country panel-data for the period 1980-2002 to estimate demand for electricity and telecom services and, based on these estimates, project investment needs in South Africa through 2010 for two growth scenarios. Projections of average annual investment needs in electricity and telecom for the current growth scenario (3.6% per annum) are of the order of 0.2% and 0.75% of GDP, respectively. An alternative, accelerated growth scenario (6% per annum) implies an approximate doubling of investment needs in these sectors.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1813-6982.2006.00079.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1813-6982.2006.00079.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33749508875
SN - 0038-2280
VL - 74
SP - 557
EP - 574
JO - South African Journal of Economics
JF - South African Journal of Economics
IS - 3
ER -